Bawd age



A. J. MARSHALL.

BAND/AGE.

APPUCATION FILED MAY 8. 1919.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

5* FFIUE.

BANDAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

Application filed May 8, 1919. Serial No. 295,641..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN J. MARSHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bandages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bandages which comprise a belt and a shield or pad held in position by the belt; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed whereby a shield or pad is held securel in position and without any lump or pro ection being formed by the belt and its connections at the back of the wearer.

Tn the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a bandage constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a front is a rear view, and Fig. 4 is a plan view, of the bandage. Fig. 5 is a cross-section through the shield or pad, taken on the line 4l-4 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail View showing the connection of the pad or shield with the sling.

The belt 3 is formed of any approved textile material which is light and strong, and its edges are reinforced with tape 4 which is sewed to them. The belt is provided with a front apron 5 and a' rear apron 6, and it has a fastening 7 at one side where its ends meet. This fastening may be "a button and button-hole, or any other suitable 'connection.

A sling 8 is provided, and is suspended between the two depending aprons. This sling is formed of a band of textile matrial having reinforced edges similar to the belt and its aprons, and the side portions 9 of its front and rear portions are folded over or doubled, and the rear portion has longitudinalplaits 10 formed. in'it where view, Fig. 3

it is joined to the rear apron. The sling is sewed to the rear apron, and 12 is a cover piece formed of textile material and sewed to the apron over the end of the sling. V

This cover piece strengthens the attachment, and does not form any lump or projection of an objectionable sort, and the flexible apron fits snugly against the back portion of the body of the wearer. 1 The pad or shield 14 is formed of.gauze and is a flattened bag packed loosely with cotton 15 or other absorbent material. The overlapping portions 9 of the sling have loops 16 of tape sewed to them, and the ends of the pad or shield have strings of tape 17 secured to them and arranged in airs. he'se strings are passed through the oops 16 and are tied together as shown in Fi 6. The end portions of the pad or shield are held in the folded portions 9 of the sling. A fastening device or buckle 18 of any approved construction is provided for connecting the front front apron, and for that purpose.

The bandage is easily adjusted to the wearer, and the pad or shield can be renewed as often as necessary with great facility.

What I claim is:

In a bandage, a belt, a sling having its front and rear portions connected to the belt, a pad supported by the sling, loops secured to the side portions of the slin at the ends of the said pad, and tie strings passing through the said ed to the said pad, said strings operating to secure the side portions of the sling over the end portions of the pad and also to prevent the pad from sliding longitudinally.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ALVIN J. MARSHALL.

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